Garden morning

Ruffled feathers

Psst!

Hey, it's Rover here. It's not too much of a surprise that Denise is still sorting through her photos from our quick visit to Acadia. I've been watching over her shoulder, and while she was out wandering on her bike today I decided to grab a few to share with you. Oh, you're right, sometimes I do join her on the bike. She was just wandering near home today so I decided to play on her computer instead.

The first photo is me near the top of Gorham Mountain, such a nice hike!

The next was taken not too far from there, looking from Gorham Mountain out over the ocean. That green spot of land is Great Head; Sand Beach is cradled between Great Head and Ocean Path, the path we followed along the shore to get to the start of the Gorham Mountain Trail.

The last photo shows the magical light on Cadillac Mountain at the end of the day.

Yes, of course there will be more photos... soon!

Saturday iris

Iris

Iris has been a floral favorite of mine for a long time. It was a treat to visit the Stevens-Coolidge Place today to find a garden full of iris, different colors, different varieties.

Daisies in the wind

View from the top

Denise really wanted to be on the outside of the bridge tower, but there weren't any doors. And there weren't any windows that opened. She took a few photos through the glass, thinking that you might like to see the view from the top.

What do you think?

--- Rover

Angles & cables

My drive home was interrupted by a stop at the Penobscot Narrows Bridge. I couldn't miss a change to visit the observatory once again, to enjoy the beauty of the simple angles of this narrow bridge.

I had a solo ride up the elevator to the observatory, an elevator with only two stops, one labeled 1 and one labeled 2. The 2nd stop is 42 stories up, a 55 second elevator ride, an elevator that conveyed no sense of movement.

A morning's wander

A few more hours to absorb the wonder...

Sand Beach looked quiet this morning. An almost empty parking lot pulled me in, and I headed down the stairs to the beach to walk alone, to watch waves crashing, to listen to the ocean. Moving from sand to rocks, I headed south along Ocean Path, switching from the smooth graveled path to tilted granite blocks to a beach composed of (difficult to walk on) rounded rocks.

The time flew by, and I moved on. Up, up to South Bubble, the home of the glacial erratic known as Bubble Rock and a beautiful view of Jordan Pond.

It was a good last morning in the park. And yes, I will be back!

Starting the day

One more Holland Inn breakfast report for this trip... The breakfast twosome today was a vegetable frittata and lemon pancakes topped with a dab of sweetened sour cream. I've never had sweetened sour cream before. It had a nice, surprisingly sweet-tart taste. I need to remember that one - I suspect it would be a nice taste on a fresh fruit salad too.

My breakfast favorites this trip? It's a hard choice, I'd say a toss-up between the blueberry and lemon pancakes. Actually, my stomach says that a combination of the two flavors would be good.

I'm off now for a walk on the coast and a wander up the Bubbles for a view of Jordan Pond from on high.